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Title: Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) head up, in blue water
Byline/Credit: Steven Zeff/Azote
Image reference: szd00098
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| Title: | Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) head up, in blue water | | Caption: | One of the most curious beasts you'll meet in the Antarctic, the leopard seal has a unique appearance with a large head, speckled jaw and elongated neck. It is the only earless seal that will swim with its powerful front flippers. Most intriguing is its diet, of penguins, young crabeater seals, and krill, which it captures by straining water out of interlocking lobed teeth. Leopard seals will bite into inflatable boats. A British Antarctic Survey research snorkeler was killed by a leopard seal in 2003. | | Location: | Booth Island, Wilhelm Archipelago, Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Antarctica | | Keywords: | seal, leopard seal, leopard, sea leopard, phocid, pinniped, marine mammal, sea mammal, beast, creature, nostril, swim, blue water, Antarctic, predator, ocean, sea, marine, water, Antarctica, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Pinnipedia, Phocidae, Hydrurga
H. leptonyx, Hydrurga leptonyx | | Photographer: | Steven Zeff | | Byline/Credit: | Steven Zeff/Azote | | Image reference: | szd00098 |
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